A job that changed me: I was a music festival artist liaison. At 22 with a walkie-talkie in hand, I’ve never felt more powerful
Our job was to prepare dressing rooms with the bands’ alcohol. The musicians tended to be gentle and kooky, but their managers were pushy My
Our job was to prepare dressing rooms with the bands’ alcohol. The musicians tended to be gentle and kooky, but their managers were pushy My friend Hannah and I scored a job working in the “artist liaison” team at a music festival in 2004.
We were both Australians, living in a share house in London, and our role was to manage backstage dressing rooms and keep the artists both happy and under control.
I was 22, with a walkie-talkie in one hand and the keys to a sea container full of alcohol in the other, and I’ve never felt more powerful.
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